Bug 463000 - Wrong device permisson setting for SCSI scanners and CD/DVD
Summary: Wrong device permisson setting for SCSI scanners and CD/DVD
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 408252
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 11.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Basesystem (show other bugs)
Version: Final
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Reported: 2008-12-30 20:16 UTC by Forgotten User 7Vd19u3Vod
Modified: 2008-12-30 21:24 UTC (History)
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2008-12-30 20:16 UTC, Forgotten User 7Vd19u3Vod 		Details
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Description Forgotten User 7Vd19u3Vod 2008-12-30 20:16:22 UTC 
Created attachment 262806 [details]
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I upgraded my 64-bit system from openSUSE 11.0 to openSUSE 11.1 (both KDE4).

After installation I realized two problems with system device permissions which were present on the 11.0 system and which require manual workarounds in 11.1:

- xsane cannot access my SCSI scanner
  Workaround: Add the following command to /etc/init.d/boot.local
  chmod 666 /dev/sg1

- Programs accessing the /dev/cdrom device, e.g. grip, do not work correctly
  Workaround: Make the user member of the group "disk"
  This workaround erodes security!

At least the second problem is independent of the hardware: I upgraded two older 32-bit systems from openSUSE 10.3 to 11.1, keeping KDE3. The CD probem is present there as well.
Comment 1 Forgotten User 7Vd19u3Vod 2008-12-30 20:20:50 UTC 
After re-reading I found that my second sentence might be unclear:

The described problems were NOT present on openSUSE 11.0
Comment 2 Marcus Meissner 2008-12-30 21:24:48 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 408252 ***